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Tanay Singh Thakur July 4th, 2022 7:12 PM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Offering Rs 2000 Worth of Recharge Benefits with Moto G42

Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, is offering Rs 2,000 worth of recharge benefits to consumers on the purchase of Moto G42. The smartphone was launched today for Rs 13,999 with 4GB of RAM and 64GB. There’s a 6.4-inch AMOLED FHD+ display, and the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 octa-core processor. There’s an assured upgrade to Android 13 with three years of security updates. If... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 3rd, 2022 10:04 AM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, Vi and Airtel Plans With a Certain Edge

All three private telcos have a prepaid plan that has a certain edge to it. The telcos don’t want to price their plans too differently from each other, but they strive to differentiate on the basis of additional benefits. All the companies offer different kinds of additional benefits. In the case of Vodafone Idea (Vi), the additional benefits are mostly data-oriented – for example, Binge All Night, Data Delights, and... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 1st, 2022 1:26 PM 19 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Talking With European Vendors for 5G Gear

Reliance Jio, the number one telecom operator in India, is reportedly talking with the European telecom gear vendors, including Nokia and Ericsson, for 5G gear. The telco had only partnered with Samsung for its 4G rollout. But a Business Standard report says that Jio is looking to diversify and partner with other vendors to roll out 5G. Jio has already tied up with Ericsson before for 5G trials in Delhi;... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 30th, 2022 2:36 PM 6 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Aren’t Going to Bid Heavily in 5G Spectrum Auction: Report

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the three private telecom operators in India, are not expected to bid heavily on the upcoming 5G spectrum auction on July 26, 2022. Industry sources told Reuters that Indian private telcos are worried about losing 40% of the potential revenues because the enterprises can get spectrum directly from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for captive private networks. The Cellular Operators Association of... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 28th, 2022 10:28 AM 10 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Will Have to Follow These Rules for Leasing Spectrum

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) didn’t want the government to allow the enterprises to get the spectrum directly to set up captive private 5G networks. The government didn’t pay much heed to the wishes of the telcos and has allowed the enterprises to directly purchase the spectrum from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Telcos are also allowed to lease the spectrum to the enterprises to let the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 25th, 2022 10:28 AM 6 COMMENTS

Jio, Vi and Airtel to Get Help for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing from TRAI

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the top three private telecom operators in India, have had a very constrained journey because of the uneasy policy environment in the telecom sector. However, all that is changing now. The telcos are getting plenty of help from the government, and the policies are evolving to help the sector. Spectrum sharing has been a topic that has not been too focused on.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 22nd, 2022 3:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio, and Vi Will be Very Happy With DoT After SUC Order

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) will be very happy with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) after the SUC (Spectrum Usage Charges) order. The telecom department has removed the 3% floor rate on SUC and this would help the telcos in saving a lot of future outflows towards these statutory fees. The telecom operators had recently told DoT that while removing SUC from future spectrum acquired through auctions... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 22nd, 2022 11:56 AM 8 COMMENTS

4G Is Not Going Away for Years, BSNL Has a Chance to Scare Private Competitors

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is struggling because of the simple fact that it doesn’t have 4G yet. The state-run telco is planning to launch 4G networks in multiple parts of the country by the end of 2022. On Tuesday, Ericsson said that 4G is still going to account for 55% of the mobile connections by 2027. This means that 4G is definitely going to be relevant at least till... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 20th, 2022 6:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio and Vi Must Do This to Win Over Customers: Opinion

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the three private telecom operators in India, have a big challenge in giving satisfactory services to all consumers. There’s a phrase that goes – “You can’t make everyone happy”, and with hundreds of millions of users, it becomes even more relevant for the telcos. The telecom operators are service providers, and all they look to do is provide services better than their... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 19th, 2022 7:03 AM 2 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 299 Plan Offers Better Benefits than What Private Telcos Do

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers a Rs 299 prepaid plan just like the private telcos, including Jio, Airtel, and Vi do. However, the thing with private telcos is that they want to maintain their premium over BSNL, and thus the benefits that they offer with their Rs 299 plan are much fewer than what you get with the Rs 299 from BSNL. Post the tariff hikes in 2021, the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 18th, 2022 7:07 AM 28 COMMENTS

What if Jio, Vi, and Airtel Skip 5G and Focus on 4G

Jio, Vi, and Airtel are the only three PAN-India 4G operators in India right now. All the telcos have hundreds of millions of users in their subscriber base to whom they provide 4G network services. There are 2G users as well, but that’s a conversation for another day. Today, what I want to talk about is what if Jio, Vi, and Airtel don’t roll out 5G and just focus on... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 17th, 2022 10:40 AM 4 COMMENTS

4G Subscriber Addition Muting Due to Higher Tariffs, Costly Phones

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released its monthly performance report on Thursday for the month of April 2022. As TelecomTalk reported, the active subscriber base of all the telcos went down. The total industry-active subscriber base dipped by 7.8 million MoM. Airtel’s active subscribers dipped by 3.1 million, VIL's (Vodafone Idea Limited) active subscriber base dipped by 3.8 million, while Jio lost 0.1 million active users. The industry-wide... Read More